Books & Book Chapters
Soldier of Christ : the life of Pope Pius XII
"Documents the life of the controversial pope, discussing his religious upbringing, his work as a papal diplomat, his reponses to the persecution of the Jews during World War II, and his appointment of church officials in China, India, and Africa."
From Fascism to Democracy
From Fascism to Democracy tells the story of the birth of the post-war Italian political system through the lens of a single event: the Italian national election of 1948, the first parliamentary election of the Republican era. Robert A. Ventresca offers the first comprehensive analysis of this central topic of contemporary Italian and European history. Bringing together the broad political and diplomatic narrative of 1948 with the social and psychological dimensions that determined how ordinary Italians experienced the election campaign, this book is about much more than just a political event.
A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s
This collection brings together a wide array of writings on Canadian immigrant history, including many highly regarded, influential essays. Though most of the chapters have been previously published, the editors have also commissioned original contributions on understudied topics in the field.
Enemies Within: Italian and Other Internees in Canada and Abroad
“Historical Memory: Redress and the Politics of Respectability,” with Franca Iacovetta in Enemies Within: Italian and Other Wartime Internees in Canada and Beyond (University of Toronto Press, 1999).
Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives:Italian Workers of the World
“Virgilia D’Andrea: The Politics of Protest and the Poetry of Exile,” with Franca Iacovetta in Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World. Donna Gabaccia and Franca Iacovetta eds. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2002, pp. 299-326.
Advancing Holocaust Studies
“The Catholic Church and the Holocaust in History and Memory,” in Carol Rittner and John K. Roth, eds. Advancing Holocaust Studies (forthcoming, Routledge).